The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 1955
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
10:18 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.67° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.24° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.